"Leiston - Aldeburgh Leiston - Aldeburgh is a 534.8 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest which stretches from Aldeburgh to Leiston in Suffolk. Part of it is The Haven, Aldeburgh Local Nature Reserve, and another area is the North Warren RSPB nature reserve. There is also a prehistoric bowl barrow on Aldringham Common, which is a Scheduled Monument. The site is in the Sandlings Special Protection Area under the European Union Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds, and the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. This diverse site has open water, fen, acid grassland, scrub,"
"the construction of a small housing estate in the early 2000s. Aldringham Aldringham is a village in Suffolk, England. The village is located 1 mile (1½ km) south of Leiston and 3 miles (4½ km) northwest of Aldeburgh close to the North Sea coast. The parish includes the coastal village of Thorpeness. The mid-2005 population estimate for Aldringham cum Thorpe parish was 730. Aldringham is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as 'Alrincham'. Its placename derivation is uncertain but Ekwall indicates that it probably means 'the home of Ealdhere' and any similarity to Aldeburgh is coincidental. Aldringham was formerly"
"Aldringham Aldringham is a village in Suffolk, England. The village is located 1 mile (1½ km) south of Leiston and 3 miles (4½ km) northwest of Aldeburgh close to the North Sea coast. The parish includes the coastal village of Thorpeness. The mid-2005 population estimate for Aldringham cum Thorpe parish was 730. Aldringham is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as 'Alrincham'. Its placename derivation is uncertain but Ekwall indicates that it probably means 'the home of Ealdhere' and any similarity to Aldeburgh is coincidental. Aldringham was formerly a market town. The oldest building in the village is ""The"
"flourishing ship-building industry. The flagship of the Virginia Company, the ""Sea Venture"" is believed to have been built here in 1608. Aldeburgh's importance as a port declined as the River Alde silted up and larger ships could no longer berth. It survived mainly as a fishing village until the 19th century, when it also became a seaside resort. Much of its distinctive and whimsical architecture derives from that period. The river is now home to a yacht club and a sailing club. Aldeburgh is on the North Sea coast and is located around north-east of London, north-east of Ipswich and"
"No. 84 Konectbus service between Norwich and Harlestone, which runs in the daytime on Monday to Friday. The village is served by Alburgh with Denton CE VC Primary School, which has about 100 pupils. Among the regular events at the modern Village Hall are monthly film shows. There are sports clubs for tennis, badminton and carpet bowls. Alburgh has two convenience stores. There is a brewery in Tunbeck Road, and also an ice cream maker and garment printing firm. Alburgh Alburgh (pronounced ""Ahbra"") is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village lies about four"
"Alburgh Alburgh (pronounced ""Ahbra"") is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village lies about four miles (6 km) north-east of Harleston and 16 miles (26 km) south of Norwich. The earliest evidence of settlement at Alburgh is from the Mesolithic era. A Bronze Age barrow near the church was excavated in the 19th century, when bones were removed. Little has been recovered from the Iron Age, or the Roman or Saxon periods. However, there are plentiful medieval remains. Parts of the church of All Saints, Alburgh, date back to the 13th century. The noted"
"RNLB Freddie Cooper (ON 1193) RNLB ""Freddie Cooper"" (ON 1193) is the current all-weather lifeboat on station in the town of Aldeburgh in the English county of Suffolk. The ""Freddie Cooper"" has the operation No: 12-34 and has been on station since 1993. She is a fast carriage lifeboat. The ""Freddie Cooper"" was laid down in 1992 by Green Marine of Southampton, Hampshire. She was delivered to the station in 1993. Her hull has been constructed using a fibre-reinforced composite making her robust, strong and very light. The lifeboat is designed to self-right if capsized but only if her passenger"
"RNLB Freddie Cooper (ON 1193) RNLB ""Freddie Cooper"" (ON 1193) is the current all-weather lifeboat on station in the town of Aldeburgh in the English county of Suffolk. The ""Freddie Cooper"" has the operation No: 12-34 and has been on station since 1993. She is a fast carriage lifeboat. The ""Freddie Cooper"" was laid down in 1992 by Green Marine of Southampton, Hampshire. She was delivered to the station in 1993. Her hull has been constructed using a fibre-reinforced composite making her robust, strong and very light. The lifeboat is designed to self-right if capsized but only if her passenger"
"at Aldeburgh until 1959 when she was replaced with a 42 ft Watson-class lifeboat called ""Alfred and Patience Gottwald"" (ON 946). At the same time the No: 2 station was closed. ""Abdy Beauclerk"" was sold by the RNLI out of the service. She was renamed ""Saint Íte"" and she spent time working as a pilot vessel for Cork Harbour Commissioners, Southern Ireland. She is believed to still be in Southern Ireland. RNLB Abdy Beauclerk (ON 751) RNLB ""Abdy Beauclerk"" (ON 751) was a 41ft Watson-class lifeboat which was stationed in the town of Aldeburgh in the English county of Suffolk."
"century. The Maltings, with its fine brick buildings and riverside position, was ideally suited for redevelopment as a tourist centre when it closed as a going concern in 1960, and now constitutes the main industry in the village. In particular, the famous Aldeburgh Festival is now held in the Maltings, emphasising the area's links with Benjamin Britten. Snape, Suffolk Snape is a small village in the English county of Suffolk, on the River Alde close to Aldeburgh. It has about 600 inhabitants, measured at 611 at the 2011 Census. Snape is now best known for Snape Maltings, no longer in"
"architects Haworth Tompkins. The Hoffmann Building contains the Britten Studio (capacity 340), the Jerwood Kiln Studio (capacity 80) and a number of rehearsal spaces. The Britten–Pears Building has been redeveloped and now incorporates the Trask Artists’ Cafe. A small studio has been created out of the derelict Victorian Dovecote. In Aldeburgh, the Pumphouse, Aldeburgh Music’s small alternative venue, has been redeveloped. The Aldeburgh Festival of Music and the Arts remains at the core of Aldeburgh Music’s annual programme. The current Artistic Director of the Aldeburgh Festival is Pierre-Laurent Aimard. Traditionally starting on the second Friday in June and running for"
"Aldeby Aldeby is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is bounded to the south by the River Waveney, on the other side of which is Suffolk. The village is about five miles (8 km) by road from Beccles. The civil parish has an area of 12.61 square kilometres and in 2001 had a population of 437 in 175 household, falling to a population of 422 in 180 households at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the area of the district of South Norfolk. Aldeby is well known"
"Ickburgh Ickburgh is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated on the A1065 Mildenhall to Fakenham road, some north of Brandon and south of Swaffham. The village is from the city of Norwich and from London. The population (including Cranwich) and Didlington was 309 in 134 households at the 2011 Census. The parish has an area of and in the 2001 census had a population of 245 in 99 households. The parish shares boundaries with the adjacent parishes of Hilborough, Foulden, Didlington, Mundford, Lynford and Stanford. The parish falls within the district of"
"Fleggburgh Fleggburgh is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, sometimes also known as Burgh St Margaret. It is situated to the west of the Trinity Broads complex with the Broads National Park, some north-west of the town of Great Yarmouth and east of the city of Norwich. The civil parish, which also includes the villages of Billockby and Clippesby, has an area of and in the 2001 census had a population of 909 in 397 households, the population increasing to 948 in the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within"
"Idridgehay Idridgehay is a village in the English county of Derbyshire. Idridgehay lies south of the town Wirksworth west of the town of Belper in the valley of the River Ecclesbourne. Idridgehay Green is immediately to its west and the hamlet of Ireton Wood a mile to its south. The village lies on the B5023 road that connects Wirksworth and Duffield. However the main bus service, route 6.1 operated by Trentbarton, is between Matlock and Belper. Idridgehay railway station (re-opened in 2008) is on the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway, a community-owned and locally managed heritage railway venture having reopened and operate"
"musicians, ensembles and orchestras have appeared at the Aldeburgh Festival over the years. Chief executive of Aldeburgh Music from 1998 to 2014 was Jonathan Reekie, who left in spring 2014 to become Director of Somerset House Trust. He was succeeded by Roger Wright, the former Controller of BBC Radio 3, who took up the post in September 2014. The current Chairman of the Aldeburgh Music Council is Sir Simon Robey. The President of Aldeburgh Music is the Lord Stevenson of Coddenham CBE, Aldeburgh Music Chairman from 2000 to 2012. The Britten–Pears Library holds an archive of programmes dating back to"
"Breckland. Local government responsibilities are shared between the parish, district and county councils. Ickburgh Ickburgh is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated on the A1065 Mildenhall to Fakenham road, some north of Brandon and south of Swaffham. The village is from the city of Norwich and from London. The population (including Cranwich) and Didlington was 309 in 134 households at the 2011 Census. The parish has an area of and in the 2001 census had a population of 245 in 99 households. The parish shares boundaries with the adjacent parishes of Hilborough,"
"a TV relay for the Suffolk coastal area. Aldeburgh is a relay of Manningtree on 103.9FM, all the other transmitters have direct links with ISDN backup system in place (August 2017).. Aldeburgh was added because of the locally poor reception (as it was on the edge of the Manningtree coverage).. There is no MW frequency. DAB signal is on 10C from Mendlesham (Central Suffolk and Ipswich), Puttock's Hill (Bury St Edmunds), Warren Heath (Ipswich), Felixstowe (Town and Dock area). Suffolk MUX testing started on 30 September 2016 and launched on 7 October 2017 at 9:30am.. Due to the few masts"
"Chedburgh Chedburgh is a village and civil parish in the St Edmundsbury district of Suffolk in eastern England. Located on the A143 around five miles south-west of Bury St Edmunds, in 2005 its population was 650, reducing to 597 at the 2011 Census. On 7 September 1942 South of the Bury Road, RAF Chedburgh opened, in No. 3 Group RAF Bomber Command. Major construction work was carried out by John Laing & Son Ltd., and built to Class A standard, the airfield had three concrete runways, 05-23 at 2,000 yards and 12-30 and 17-35 both at 1,400 yards. In October"
"Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Music and a Fellow of the Radio Academy. His publications include the volume ""New Music 1989"", in collaboration with Michael Finnissy. He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2015 New Year Honours for services to music. Wright and his wife Rosie, a yoga teacher, have two children, Alice and William. Roger Wright (music administrator) Roger William Wright CBE (born 15 August 1956, Manchester) is an English arts administrator. He is currently the Chief executive of Aldeburgh Music. Wright was educated at Chetham's School of Music, Manchester,"
"becoming Aldeburgh High Street. It continues for around south running parallel to the North Sea. It ends near the former Fort Green Mill with the road ahead passing a car park on the edge of the town before becoming a track onto the neck of Orford Ness. A1094 road The A1094 is an A road in the English county of Suffolk. It is around in length. The road runs from a junction off the A12 trunk road at Friday Street in Benhall to Aldeburgh on the North Sea coast. The road is single carriageway throughout. The A1094 junction with the"
"Hall Museum in the nearby coastal town of Aldeburgh. The Snape Anglo-Saxon cemetery is located in the north-east corner of the modern parish of Snape, approximately 550 metres from the parish boundary with Friston. Although several modern houses stand on or near to the cemetery site, the main settlement at Snape village is located 1.5 kilometres away, with the village of Friston slightly nearer, at 1.25 kilometres away. The site is situated 2.5 kilometres north of the River Alde and 7 kilometres west of the coastal town of Aldeburgh and the North Sea. The cemetery is 17 kilometres north-east of"
"Aldbury Aldbury () is a village and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England, near the borders of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire in the Bulbourne valley close to Ashridge Park. The nearest town is Tring. Uphill in the narrow vale are the Bridgewater monument and the Ashridge estate. It is noted for its picturesque setting and has been referred to as a ""chocolate-box"" village due to its traditional appearance. Aldbury is a village retaining several archetypal historic features. In the centre is a green pond; close by stand stocks and whipping-post, in excellent preservation, a primary school and the Church of Saint John"
"parish of Hawkesbury and the county boundary with Wiltshire, which is taken to suggest that they were anciently part of Hawkesbury. The Domesday Book of 1086 calls the village Aldeberie. Before 1066, it was held by Eadric, Sheriff of Wiltshire, and in 1086 by Ernulf de Hesdin. A document of 972 gives the name as Ealdanbyri, meaning 'old fortification'. A possible derivation from the name of St Arilda has also been suggested. In 1342, the tithe of hay and other lesser tithes in Didmarton and Oldbury-on-the-Hill belonging to Badminton church were assessed at £4 13s. 4d. Together with neighbouring Didmarton,"
"Roxburghshire Roxburghshire or the County of Roxburgh is a historic county and registration county in the Southern Uplands of Scotland. It borders Dumfriesshire to the west, Selkirkshire to the north-west, and Berwickshire to the north. To the south-west it borders Cumberland and to the south-east Northumberland, both in England. It was named after the Royal Burgh of Roxburgh, a town which declined markedly in the 15th century and is no longer in existence. Latterly, the county town of Roxburghshire was Jedburgh. The county has much the same area as Teviotdale, the basin drained by the River Teviot and tributaries together"
"and traditional, sustainable inshore fishing is under threat, with likely knock-on effects for the coastal community. Local fishermen have featured in the ""Fish Fight"" campaigns of Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and Greenpeace, supporting small-scale inshore fishermen. Aldeburgh is now home to Aldeburgh and Thorpeness Rugby Club, based at Kings Field in Aldeburgh. The club runs an adult team in the Eastern Counties Leagues, an Under 15s team, Midi/Mini rugby, and Women's touch rugby. The club started out in nearby Thorpeness and moved in 2015 to work with Aldeburgh Town Council and Aldeburgh Community Centre. These include Aldeburgh Cottage Hospital, a traditional English"
"based on the A556 in Rudheath and Aldred's The Bakers, is located in Ilkeston, Derbyshire. Morrisons supermarket has a large distribution centre on the A530, while Orange, Barclays Bank and The Hut Group all have business centres at Gadbrook Park, off the A556. Rudheath Rudheath is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, in the north west of England, approximately 2 miles east of Northwich. The population of the civil parish as taken at the 2011 census was 3,807. This village is home of Rudheath Community High"
"the popular seaside resort with the B1122 running north to Leiston at this point. This marks the site of the former Aldeburgh railway station, the terminus of the branch line from Saxmundham. The last trains operated on this line in the 1966 and the station was demolished in 1975. The Station public house is now located here. The road continues into Aldeburgh passing the library before reaching the Grade II* listed Church of St Peter and St Paul with its 14th century tower overlooking the town. The road turns sharply south at a junction immediately to the east the church,"
"books feature landmarks in the town, most notably the Moot Hall. The town also features in the thriller ""Cross of Fire"" written by novelist Colin Forbes, as do the nearby villages of Dunwich, Snape Maltings. James Herbert based his book ""The Jonah"" in the area, using several names represented in the local area for characters including Slaughden. Aldeburgh (spelt Aldborough) is the location of one of the key scenes in Wilkie Collins' novel No Name. It is where Captain Wragge and Magdalen Vanstone enact their conspiracy against Noel Vanstone and Mrs Lecount. The town's Martello Tower is one landmark that"
"Jedburgh Jedburgh (; ; or ) is a town and former royal burgh in the Scottish Borders and the traditional county town of the historic county of Roxburghshire. Jedburgh lies on the Jed Water, a tributary of the River Teviot. It is from the border with England, and is dominated by the substantial ruins of Jedburgh Abbey. Other notable buildings in the town include Queen Mary's House, Jedburgh Castle Jail, now a museum, and the Jedburgh Library. Jedburgh began as ""Jedworð"", the ""worth"" or enclosed settlement on the Jed. Later the more familiar word ""burgh"" was substituted for this, though"
"the railway between those towns. Idridgehay forms part of the civil parish of Idridgehay and Alton which, in turn, forms part of the non-metropolitan district of Amber Valley. The parish church, St James, was designed by Henry Isaac Stevens and consecrated in 1845 Idridgehay Idridgehay is a village in the English county of Derbyshire. Idridgehay lies south of the town Wirksworth west of the town of Belper in the valley of the River Ecclesbourne. Idridgehay Green is immediately to its west and the hamlet of Ireton Wood a mile to its south. The village lies on the B5023 road that"
"Newburgh, Aberdeenshire Newburgh is a coastal village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The village dates to 1261 AD, when Lord Sinclair wanted to establish a chapel in the area. Originally built as a school, somewhat later the chapel of Holy Rood was established. Newburgh is on the Ythan Estuary and near the Sands of Forvie. Near the estuary mouth, the presence of tern colonies is notable, since there are several distinct species that utilise the north banks of the Ythan Estuary, and comprise a meaningful percentage of the breeding pairs of terns in the United Kingdom. In the summer terns can be"
"available. Newburgh On Ythan Golf Club - links course. Several other golf courses in easy reach. Wind/kite surfing in the area. Sand dunes and sandy beaches. Newburgh, Aberdeenshire Newburgh is a coastal village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The village dates to 1261 AD, when Lord Sinclair wanted to establish a chapel in the area. Originally built as a school, somewhat later the chapel of Holy Rood was established. Newburgh is on the Ythan Estuary and near the Sands of Forvie. Near the estuary mouth, the presence of tern colonies is notable, since there are several distinct species that utilise the north"